We don't need him to be 100%. We can afford sitting him down for large chunks of the game because Blake and Farmar are perfectly capable of coexisting with other players. Still, I pity Nash. He doesn't have many chances left. I know he is a warrior, and have a work ethic at highest degree but he's playing the extra times at this point.

I really really hope this will be a good year for all three- Kobe, Pau, Nash. They deserve a last push after everything happened last season.

The lack of desire to move Blake and signing of Farmar by the FO spoke volumes this summer. I would use Nash sparingly until Kobe comes back and is in some decent form of his old self. If we have a shot at anything at that point, a fresh Nash will be essential.

Lol you serious? Did you read the article? No one is going to trade for Nash with 2 years left on his deal when he's a hard game or 2 from breaking down. If Nash could be traded they would have done it already.

Any chance they can move Nash?

"Blake and Parker are good at canceling each other out till our bench point guard comes in" - Majesty aka Bird Ish (12/4/13)

We don't need him to be 100%. We can afford sitting him down for large chunks of the game because Blake and Farmar are perfectly capable of coexisting with other players. Still, I pity Nash. He doesn't have many chances left. I know he is a warrior, and have a work ethic at highest degree but he's playing the extra times at this point.

I really really hope this will be a good year for all three- Kobe, Pau, Nash. They deserve a last push after everything happened last season.

Edited by Jody Smokes, October 25, 2013 - 04:15 AM.

"Blake and Parker are good at canceling each other out till our bench point guard comes in" - Majesty aka Bird Ish (12/4/13)

According to Kobe Nash's issue is really his ankle right now he tweaked it before training camp and he said that resting him has more to do with them wanting it to 'get out of the way' or one of those things that they want to 'fully' be rid of before having him play.

The Lakers have that luxury this year where if he tweaks an ankle etc we CAN afford to wait till it goes away, as long as Blake and Farmar remain healthy,

Under normal circumstances he could play through it, but as we have the luxury of having two point guards there's no real need to make him push it too much. So he gets a few minutes to keep his rhythm and then we rest him. It's not that Nash CAN'T play, we just don't have the need to play him extended minutes outside of just keeping a rhythm till this 'tweak' goes away. We have two point guards just fine off our bench so there's no reason for him to play through it. I'd rather they do it this way than just playing him through it which is what they had to do for most of last year after he came back.

Just as I'd rather we build up enough momentum consistently that Blake and Farmar can keep leads after the first half and Nash could rest 2nd halves if he wanted to, it'd mean we were clearly winning games. The more often that happens(us clearly winning games allowing Nash to rest if he wants to) the better.

Blake/Farmar starting isn't exactly a luxury. Nash isn't just dealing with a nagging ankle tweak. It's obvious that the team and training staff is concerned that he is about to break down for good. Both of our backup PGs are quality backups but they couldn't start for any team in the NBA.

According to Kobe Nash's issue is really his ankle right now he tweaked it before training camp and he said that resting him has more to do with them wanting it to 'get out of the way' or one of those things that they want to 'fully' be rid of before having him play.

The Lakers have that luxury this year where if he tweaks an ankle etc we CAN afford to wait till it goes away, as long as Blake and Farmar remain healthy,

Under normal circumstances he could play through it, but as we have the luxury of having two point guards there's no real need to make him push it too much. So he gets a few minutes to keep his rhythm and then we rest him. It's not that Nash CAN'T play, we just don't have the need to play him extended minutes outside of just keeping a rhythm till this 'tweak' goes away. We have two point guards just fine off our bench so there's no reason for him to play through it. I'd rather they do it this way than just playing him through it which is what they had to do for most of last year after he came back.

Just as I'd rather we build up enough momentum consistently that Blake and Farmar can keep leads after the first half and Nash could rest 2nd halves if he wanted to, it'd mean we were clearly winning games. The more often that happens(us clearly winning games allowing Nash to rest if he wants to) the better.

"Blake and Parker are good at canceling each other out till our bench point guard comes in" - Majesty aka Bird Ish (12/4/13)

A week ago i was pretty optimistic this team might surprise us by being better than expected...now i'm starting to feel less so.
Worst case, Nash unable to be out there, Kobe not back for 4-8 weeks, team goes 3-10 or 4-9 out the gate, everyone starts playing for their next contract. It could get ugly. Fast.

Majesty, get on here and talk me down!

And if that worst case happens, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.